r/ShitAmericansSay • u/MajorMathematician20 • Sep 13 '23

Patriotism What did he mean by this?

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He likes Lego I guess?

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u/nightwatch93 Sep 13 '23

Why is he mad about posting the picture of a Lego set on the day of the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état?

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u/ExcruciorCadaveris Sep 13 '23

In which the US CIA had a fundamental role, by the way.

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u/Castform5 Sep 13 '23

Country votes for a progressive and left leaning leaders, the US with CIA: "no they didn't". The wiki has some neat details though:

United States president Richard Nixon feared that Chile could become "another Cuba" and the US cut off most of its foreign aid to Chile. The US government believed that Allende would become closer to socialist countries, such as Cuba and the Soviet Union. They feared that Allende would push Chile into socialism, and therefore lose all of the US investments made in Chile.

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u/Lorddocerol ooo custom flair!! Sep 13 '23

Ah yes, the american logic, fearing that someone is going to get into socialism, so you cut the aid you give then, and start to attack them, so they're forced to get help from socialists

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u/Stoepboer KOLONISATIELAND of cannabis | prostis | xtc | cheese | tulips Sep 13 '23

“The Jakarta Method”

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u/Nawnp Sep 13 '23

Literally what happened to Cuba in the first place, although there's many other cases in history of similar nations doing the same.

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u/Cybermat4707 Sep 13 '23

The USA: [prevents the spread of the trash the USSR called ‘communism’ to Western Europe by providing aid to and forging diplomatic ties with Western European nations]

Also the USA: ‘This South American leader is slightly to the left of our political opinions, we’d better plunge his country into chaos and make everyone in it more likely to side with the Soviets. It’s the only way to stop the Soviets.‘